Reverse Dictionary: SLANDER

ADJECTIVES
– BLACK-BABBLING babbling maliciously, slanderous …1624
– BLACK-MOUTHED having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious …1595 obs.
– BLAZING gossiping, slanderous …1746 Eng. dial.
– CALUMNIATORY slanderous, calumnious …1625
– CALUMNIOUS slanderous, defamatory …1490
– DEFAMATIVE defamatory, slanderous, calumnious …1502 obs.
– DEFAMOUS of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious …1557 obs.
– FAMOUS of utterances, etc.: libellous, slanderous …1543 obs.
– ILL-TONGUED having a malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language; foul-mouthed …a1300
– MALEDICENT given to evil-speaking; slanderous …1599 rare
– OBTRACTUOUS slanderous, calumnious …1537 obs. rare
• SYCOPHANTICAL calumnious, slanderous … a1566 obs.

NOUNS
– ADOXY ignominy, shame; slander, infamy …1656 obs.
– CALUMNIATION slandering; malicious detraction …1548
– CALUMNIATION a libellous report; a slander, calumny …1588
– CALUMNY false and malicious representation of the words or actions of others calculated to injure their reputation; libellous detraction, slander …1564
– CARTEL a slanderous writing, a libel …1590 obs.
– CHAFF-CUTTER gossip; slander …M19 sl.
– DEFAME defamation, slander, calumny …a1450 obs.
– DIRDUMS ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders …1825 Sc.
– DISCLANDER malicious speech bringing opprobrium upon anyone; slander …c1300 obs.
– ILL-SPEAKING evil speaking, slandering …1861 Sc.
– ILL-WIND a slander; evil report …1871 Sc.
– JURORY bearing of false witness or false presentments; slander, defamation …c1440 obs.
– LIE BILL an acknowledgement of slander or libel …1919 Amer. dial.
– MALEDICTION a reviling, slander …1526
– MALIGNATION the act of maligning or slandering …1836 rare
– MUCK-SLINGING slander …20C Brit. sl.
– OBLOCUTION evil-speaking; obloquy, slander …1432-50 obs.
– OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander …1460
– OBTRACTATION detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny …1563-83 obs.
– OBTRACTATION a slandering behind one’s back …1647 obs.
– OBTRECTATION detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny …1563-83 obs.
– SCLANDER slander …1731 Sc.
– SKANDER slander, scandal …1338 obs. rare
• SMEAR a slanderous or defamatory remark; an attempt to defame by slander … 1943 colloq., orig. US
– TOLE evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame …c1000 obs.
– UGLY WHISPER a scandal, slander …1891 Eng. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
– BACKBITER one who backbites; a slanderer or secret calumniator …c1230
– BEDIRTER a thrower of dirt; a vilifier; one who slanders …1747 obs.
– BELIER one who gives a false representation or account; a slanderer or libeller …1547
– BLACKGUARD a foul-mouthed person; a slanderer …1750
– BLACK-MOUTH a foul-mouthed person; a slanderer …1642 rare
– CALUMNER a calumniator; a slanderer …1614 obs.
– CALUMNIATOR a slanderer …1549
– CALUMNIER a slanderer …1586 obs. rare
– CANTER a slanderer …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CHAFF-CUTTER a malicious talker; a slanderer …M19 sl.
– DEFAMATOR one who defames; a slanderer …1704 obs. rare
– FAMICIDE a destroyer of one’s reputation; a slanderer …1656 obs.
– ILLIFIER a slanderer …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– ILL-SPEAKER an evil speaker, a slanderer …1898 Sc.
– ILL TONGUE an evil speaker, a slanderer …1875 Eng. dial.
– MALDISANT an evil speaker, a slanderer, a backbiter …1598 obs.
– MALEDICENT one who speaks evil of another; a slanderer …1657 rare
– MIS-SAYER an evil speaker, a slanderer …1340 obs.
– MOUNCH PRESENT a ‘maunche present’; a term of contempt for: a slanderer; a cheat; an impostor; a glutton …1440 obs.
– OBLOCUTOR a gainsayer, a contradictor; a detractor, a slanderer …1603 obs.
– OBTRECTATOR a detractor, a slanderer …1432-50 obs.
– OBTRECTOR a detractor, a slanderer …1563-83 obs. rare
– SCANDALIZER one who slanders; a libeler …1632
– SCANDALLER one who utters scandal; one who slanders …c1620 obs.
– SCLAIVER a gossip, a rumour-monger, a slanderer …1920 Sc.
– SCLANDERAR a slanderer …1808 Sc.
– SUBSTRACTOR a detractor, a slanderer, a calumniator …1601 obs. rare
• SYCOPHANT an informer, a talebearer, a malicious accuser; a calumniator, a slanderer … 1548 obs.
– TONGUE-THIEF a slanderer …1899 Sc.

VERBS
– BAD-BREATH to inform on, to speak ill of …1970s US sl.
– BADMOUTH to speak ill of someone; to slander; to curse, to put a spell on …1941 Amer. dial.
– BESPATTER to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate …1653
– BESQUIRT to slander, to calumniate, to defame …1682 obs.
– BLACKGUARD to slander or abuse verbally; to talk in scurrilous terms about someone or something …1950 Amer. dial.
– BLAST to scold, to slander, to attack verbally; to say uncomplimentary things about somebody …1957 Amer. sl.
– BUM-RAP to talk ill about someone …Bk1990 sl.
– CALL to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold …1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CALUMNIATE to accuse or charge falsely and maliciously with something criminal or disreputable; to slander …1554
– CALUMNIZE to calumniate; to slander …1606 obs.
– CALUMNY to calumniate, to slander …1563 obs.
– CANT to gossip; to tell tales, to backbite, to slander; to scold …1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DEFAMATE to defame, to slander …Bk1897 rare
– DEHONESTATE to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate …1663 obs. rare
– DISCLANDER to speak evil of, so as to expose to opprobrium; to slander; to calumniate …c1290 obs.
– DOWNMOUTH to attack verbally, to slander …1981 US sl.
– EENIL to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander …1825 Sc. obs.
– EINDLE to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander …1825 Sc. obs.
– GIVE GREEN RATS to malign, to slander, to backbite …B1900 sl.
– ILL to harm; to reproach; to rail at; to speak evil of …1684 Eng. dial.
– ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of …1862 Eng. dial.
– ILL-LANGUAGE to use ill language about; to speak ill of …1678 obs.
– ILL-SPEAK to speak evil of; to slander …1582 obs.
– MEAN-MOUTH vb. to attack verbally; to slander …1960s US dial.
– NERONIZE to call by a bad name, to slander …1673
– OBTRACT to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander …1596 obs.
– OBTRECT to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander …1596 obs.
– OPPROBRIATE to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate  …1649
– PUT ONE’S MOUTH ON to denigrate, to slander …20C W. Indies sl.
– RECKON UP to slander, to backbite …19C sl.
– RUN AGROUND to slander; to depreciate …BK1898 Eng. dial.
– SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule …1844
– SCLANDER to slander …1808 Sc.
– SCLAIVE to slander, to calumniate …1871 Sc.
– SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate …1825 Sc.
– SKANDER;  SKAUNDER to bring into discredit; to slander …a1300 obs. rare
– SKLAVE to slander, to calumniate …1871 Sc.
• SYCOPHANT to slander, to calumniate …1642 obs.
• SYCOPHANTIZE to utter malicious accusations; to slander, to calumniate …1636 obs.
– TASH to slander; to cast a stain on a person; to upbraid, to taunt …1827 Sc. obs.
– TRADUCE to speak maliciously and falsely of; to slander, to defame …1525